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Monday, December 16, 2013

Cooking in Texas

We just got back from a weekend trip to see our parents. I did some cooking while I was there.

First I made Struesel Puffs, a muffin recipe my mom saved from Family Circle magazine approximately 1970. She made them often and we all liked them. I baked and entered them in a 4-H food show and got a blue ribbon.

I baked Struesel Puffs so many times when our children were all at home. This was a normal Sunday before church recipe and I always doubled the recipe back then.

Grease a standard 12 muffin tin. Combine 1/2 C. flour and the brown sugar in a small bowl. Cut in 2 Tbsp. butter until mixture is crumbly. Set aside.

Mix remaining 2 C. flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; cut in remaining 6 Tbsp. butter until crumbly. Combine egg and milk in a small bowl; add all at once to the flour mixture. Stir lightly, just until liquid is absorbed. Batter will be lumpy.

Mom found this recipe on Pinterest and asked me to bake them, I made them just like recipe except baked them in a 10 by 15 airbake pan instead of the 13 by 9 pan the recipe called for. We liked them a lot and think that thinner is better. It was an easy recipe and makes a big batch.

Pepperoni Lasagne that my brother requested. I just used a recipe from AllRecipes.com but substituted 1/2 pound diced pepperoni for the ground beef

A meat loaf

Boomer, my brother's dog, wagging his tail as he was hoping to get a few bites of meatloaf.

I also made pimento cheese to eat on celery and crackers and cooked roast beef, mashed potatoes and 2 pounds of baked carrots.

They will be able to heat and eat all week. I wish we lived closer so I could cook for them more often.

On our last trip to Texas, I took photos of beautiful bluebonnets along the highway.

This trip was not as pretty as we drove through about 100 miles of highway lined with ice storm damaged trees. Some trees were broken down to the ground, others had hanging or fallen broken limbs and some trees were split down the middle. It is going to be a big long job to clean them up.

It is always sad to see trees damaged. Everything looks great! I am sure your parents appreciate having yummy food they don't have to prepare. I am going to make the puffs for Saturday morning breakfast. My family will love them!

Hi Rhonda! It all looks so good. I am sure you had a great time seeing that sweet mother of yours. Tell her hello from me. :-) Are you having a family Christmas with your grandkids? We are going to be off to the woods to stay at Cranberry Cottage for a week and looking forward to it.

Yes, Heidi, most all of our family will be here for Christmas. We do have to share the children with the in laws but we will pretty much all be here Christmas evening.I am happy you will be going to your sweet Cranberry Cottage :)

well Susan, I do know your address. who knows, maybe the opportunity will arise and I will come to your home and cook. wouldn't that be fun?but for now, we are pretty much dug in like turnips in Oklahoma. I had to say that, we have been listening to a Jan Karon book.

Thank you, it would be nice to be closer to them where I could cook more but see each other about monthly. It is easy to cook for my parents and brother as they like most everything and are just happy to have me do it. Do you have damaged trees on your property?

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I am going to try this streusel puffs..my grandmother made a similar recipe as a cake on weekends sometimes and I bet that your muffins will taste about the same ( as I have no clue what she did back then, I just remembering loving it as a kid!! :)

They look wonderful! Thanks for linking up with "Try a New Recipe Tuesday." I hope you will be able to join us again this week. http://our4kiddos.blogspot.com/2013/12/try-new-recipe-tuesday-december-24.html Merry Christmas.